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 NETWORKING MINI-SEMINAR DINNER
Mini-Seminar “Comparison of Healthcare Systems between the USA and Japan and the U.S. Healthcare Reforms”
An opportunity to connect with business people and learn about latest US-Japan business relations
Facilitator: Ken Sakai (President & CEO of Pacific Dreams, Inc.)
Date: July 22, 2010 (Thursday) 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Place: Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott (Portland South)
6100 SW Meadows Road, Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Phone: 503-670-7557
Fee: $40.00 (Including dinner and seminar presentation material)
No refund if canceled within 48 hours of the forum. Prior to 48 hours
you will receive a full refund minus a $20 cancelation processing fee.
We invite business people who are active in the Pacific Northwest
to come to participate in this valuable networking opportunity,
dinner and mini-seminar on Thursday, July 22.
This all inclusive, networking, dinner and sixty minute seminar
(held after dinner) is being offered for a minimal fee of only $40.00.
Mini-Seminar Agenda:
"Comparison of Healthcare Systems between the USA and Japan
and the U.S. Healthcare Reforms"
by Ken Sakai
- Health Insurance Systems in Japan: Single Payer Universal System
- Cost, Access and Quality : Opportunities and Constraints
- How Healthcare Reform Law affects businesses and employees
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BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE USA & JAPAN
“Business Culture, Communication and Current Trends in Japan”
A half day cross-cultural seminar that focuses on roots of business culture, communication, as well as current business/technology trends and changing workplace and life style
 Join us via Skype, too!
Facilitator: Ken Sakai (President & CEO of Pacific Dreams, Inc.)
Date: July 23, 2010 (Friday) 8:30am - 12:00pm
Place: Pacific Dreams, Inc. Conference Room (2nd floor)
25260 SW Parkway Avenue, Suite D, Wilsonville, OR 97070
(Exit I-5 at Exit 286 (Stafford / North Wilsonville Exit)
TEL: (503) 783-1390
Fee: $200 per person (If three or more people attend from the same organization,
a discount of 10% per person applies. Fees are non-refundable if cancelled
48 hours or less before seminar. $25.00 cancellation fee is required.)
Back by popular request, Ken Sakai, president & CEO has re-created a new format for newly updated “Building Bridges” seminar. This new seminar looks at changing society in Japan and the intensive challenges that workplace faces currently in Japan under the severe economical slump and as Japan looks towards the future.
Americans that work with Japanese customers, suppliers and partners often have questions about how to more effectively work with and communicate with Japanese people. This seminar offers a great opportunity to get those questions answered by an expert in this field.
This newly updated ”Building Bridges” seminar provides a more current, in-depth overview at cross-cultural business communication as we delve into more of what is happening between the USA and Japan.
Part I: Group Discussion
・Positive Aspects
・Challenging Aspects
Part II: Culture, History and Education Remarks
・Comparison Lists between the USA and Japan
Part III: Communication
・Japanese Communication Style
・Japanese Non-verbal Communication
・Japanese Decision-making Process
・Feedback vs. "HoRenSo"
・Brainstorming vs. "Nemawashi"
・Effective E-mail Communication Tips
・Coping with Japanese Silence
・"Kaizen" Concept
・Process vs. Bottom Line
・Tips for Saving Faces
Part IV: Current Changes and Trends in Japan
・Impacts of Aging Society with Fewer Children
・New Challenges in Workplace under Depressed Economy
・Young Generation without Ambition
・Women's Role and Position
・Japanese Healthcare Systems
・Technologies in Environment and Renewable Energies
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Contact information
Phone: 503-783-1390 (Tsuyo Shaw)
E-mail:institute@pacificdreams.org |
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